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If the preseason watch lists for the Doak Walker and Davey O’Brien awards are an accurate indication, the ACC will be heavy on top running backs and light on elite quarterbacks during the 2016 season… Read More »

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson won the Anthony J. McKevlin Award as the ACC’s Male Athlete of the Year for 2015-16 while Notre Dame distance runner Molly Seidel is the winner of the Mary Garber award as the league’s Female Athlete of the Year… Read More »

Just in case you haven’t already gotten your fill of preseason college football watch lists, here’s one more to stimulate a little conversation as we count down the remaining few weeks until the games begin.… Read More »

Clemson had the most nominees with eight, followed by North Carolina, Duke, Florida State and Virginia Tech with seven each. N.C. State was close behind with six while Syracuse and Virginia had the fewest with three watch list selections each.… Read More »

The omission of the Seminoles’ Dalvin Cook as an early Walker Award candidate almost certainly has to do with his pending legal situation involving the alleged assault of a woman. As for the O’Brien Award, there’s no rhyme or reason why N.C. State’s Jacoby Brissett wasn’t worthy of recognition based on the numbers he posted a year ago.… Read More »

QB Shane Carden is one of four Pirates — all seniors — to earn spots on the All-AAC first team. Also named were his favorite receiving target Justin Hardy, center Taylor Hudson and nose tackle Terry Williams.… Read More »

Shane Carden may have been eliminated as a candidate for the Maxwell Award, the honor given to the top player in college football. But when it comes to the trophy symbolic of the nation’s best quarterback, the East Carolina senior is still in the game.… Read More »

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier thrust East Carolina smack into the middle of a national debate last week when he was quoted as saying he’d rather schedule games against the Pirates than a bottom-feeder from one of college football’s four other power conferences – specifically the Big Ten.… Read More »